For Hero:For Fool

by Subtle

For Hero:For Fool cover art

Led by Doseone, the Oakland-based sextet fuses frantic, rapid-fire underground rap with dense, multi-layered indie rock instrumentation. The dizzying arrangements and deeply cryptic lyricism make it a landmark achievement in alternative hip-hop boundary-pushing. It remains a critically acclaimed highlight of the mid-2000s Anticon-adjacent abstract rap scene.

Genres

  • Abstract Hip Hop
  • Experimental Hip Hop

Tracklist

  1. A Tale of Apes 1
  2. A Tale of Apes 2
  3. Middleclass Stomp
  4. Middleclass Kill
  5. Midas Gutz
  6. Nomanisisland
  7. The Mercury Craze
  8. Bed to the Bills
  9. Return of the Vein
  10. Call to Dive
  11. The Ends